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BRUSSELS, Belgium—The fourth Label Industry Global Awards will take place on the first evening of Labelexpo Europe 2007 on Wednesday, September, 26 in Brussels. The international judging panel have shorlisted a number of nominees. The industry now has the opportunity to vote for their own selected individual nominees at www.labelawards.com until the end May. The Awards feature four categories which recognize achievement in various areas of the label industry. The nominations are as follows: R. Stanton Avery Lifetime Achievement Award: • Angelo Bartesaghi, Omet Srl. • Joseph Weber, Jnr, Weber Marking Systems • Tom Rink, Ritrama S.p.A • Jaume Puigbó, Caposa Group

Want a way to make a product's label look great? One answer is to make it look like there's no label. THE CLEAR, NO-LABEL-LOOK label is a rage with consumer products companies (CPCs). These companies are driven by the need to differentiate their products and to make them look fresh and unique. And right now, one means to create that unique shelf appeal is coming from clear film labels. "The no-label-look is a way that marketers and end-users [CPCs] can create differentiation to gain market share," says Terce Henriquez, vice president of global label sales for AET Films. Meeting market needs The no-label look

Acucote Pressure-sensitive labelstocks with environmentally safe, water-based, permanent, removable, and specialty adhesive formulations. Write 977, Visit www.acucote.com API Foils Hot stamping foils and supplies: metallic, pigment, pearl, specialty, and holographic foils. Write 978, Visit www.api-worldwide.com Avery Dennison, Fasson Roll N.A. Innovative Fasson-brand pressure-sensitive and non-adhesive paper, film, and specialty roll products used by label converters and consumer products packaging designers and manufacturers. Productivity, profitability, and growth achieved with innovative Fasson Advantage™ offering best-in-class service solutions such as next-day delivery, Fasson EXACT™ and RollXchange, an online marketplace for trading surplus roll products. Write 979, Visit www.fasson.com Arjobex Polyart™

The pressure-sensitive label market continues to stretch itself in pursuit of increased market opportunities. Could it do more to extend its reach? On top of the lingering challenges of overcapacity and maturity in the narrow-web industry, the pressure-sensitive label market is having to weather a persistent price squeeze and steady inroads by alternative label and package structures. How are pressure-sensitive converters and suppliers staying strong in the face of these market forces? Statistics have long favored this label segment, and for good reason. "Pressure-sensitive has the widest application base of any label decorating method," says Jennifer Dochstader, managing director at Label and Packaging Communications

Acucote Pressure-sensitive labelstocks with environmentally safe, water-based, permanent, removable, and specialty adhesive formulations. Specialists in thermal transfer media. Visit www.acucote.com API Foils Hot stamping foils and supplies: metallic, pigment, pearl, specialty, and holographic foils. Visit www.api-worldwide.com Avery Dennison, Fasson Roll N.A. Innovative self-adhesive solutions for consumer products and label products. Fasson-brand pressure-sensitive and non-adhesive coated papers, films, and foils in roll form are widely used in brand identity, bar code labeling systems, product identification, and other applications by label converters and consumer products package designers and manufacturers. Visit www.fasson.com Contract Converting Contract Converting's Roll Express™ program

These products and companies were the most sought-after in 2002 by packagePRINTING readers. Top 10: Prepress Equipment 1. Creo—PDF-based packaging workflow Prinergy Powerpack, copydot scanning systems, film imagers, and CtP devices 2. Agfa—Workflow and color management systems including the AgfaScan XY-15 Plus, Sherpa 43 Inkjet system, and Lithostar plates 3. Kodak Polychrome Graphics—Offers Digital and conventional plates, film, and proofing and color technologies including the Kodak Approval XP unit 4. BASF—Offers Nyloflex® and Nyloprint® equipment combinations for processing photopolymer flexo and letterpress plates and sleeves 5. MacDermid—Broad range of sheet, liquid, digital, and water-wash photopolymer plates, platemaking equipment, sleeves,

The following suppliers offer printing materials, from label stocks, paperboard, and films, to thermal transfer ribbons and hot stamping foils: Acucote Pressure-sensitive labelstocks with environmentally-safe, water-based, permanent, removable, and specialty adhesive formulations. Specialists in thermal transfer media. Visit www.acucote.com API Foils Hot stamping foils and supplies: metallic, pigment, pearl, specialty, and holographic foils. Visit www.api-worldwide.com Avery Dennison, Fasson Roll N.A. Innovative self-adhesive solutions for consumer products and label products. Fasson-brand pressure-sensitive and non-adhesive coated papers, films, and foils in roll form are widely used in brand identity, bar code labeling systems, product identification, and other applications by

Acucote Pressure-sensitive labelstocks with environmentally safe, water-based, permanent, removable, and specialty adhesive formulations. Specialists in thermal transfer media. Visit www.acucote.com API Foils Hot stamping foils and supplies: metallic, pigment, pearl, specialty, and holographic foils. Visit www.api-worldwide.com Contract Converting Film product offerings include Plastiprint, a synthetic paper with the durability of plastic. Roll Express (TM) program offers various non-pressure-sensitive stock options, as well as the whitest, brightest, C1S on the market, and a 62# metallized paper for specialty applications. The program also includes 100#, 125#, 175#, and 200# uncoated tag. Arjobex Polyart (TM)—a unique clay coating on both sides